California Forever, unions sign 40-year labor agreement for Solano County city project

California Construction News staff writer California Forever has signed a 40-year construction labor agreement with the Napa/Solano Building Trades Council and the Northern California Carpenters...

Barnard Construction selected for $3B Sites Reservoir contract amid labor protests

California Constrution News staff writer Dozens of construction laborers protested Friday morning as the Sites Project Authority selected Montana-based Barnard Construction Company Inc. as construction...

San Francisco moves to consolidate planning, building and permitting departments

California Construction News staff writer San Francisco has begun a process to consolidate its primary permitting agencies into a single department, a move city officials...

CSU Bakersfield breaks ground on Energy Innovation Building

California Construction News staff writer California State University, Bakersfield broke ground Thursday on a three-story Energy Innovation Building that university officials say will serve as...

Construction begins on $21M Long Beach waterfront amphitheater

California Construction News staff writer Construction has begun on a new $21 million waterfront amphitheater in Long Beach that city officials say will become the...

California workforce program aims to speed Los Angeles wildfire rebuilding

California Construction News staff writer A workforce development program backed by Gov. Gavin Newsom’s LA Rises initiative, the Walter Family Foundation and state workforce recovery...

U.S. Labor Department orders Escondido drywall contractor to pay $790,000 over wage violations

California Construction News staff writer The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment requiring an Escondido, Calif.-based drywall contractor to pay $790,000 in...

Factory-built housing could slash California’s sky-high building costs, expert tells lawmakers

California Construction News staff writer California is short roughly 2.5 million homes, and the cost to build a single apartment now routinely exceeds $500,000. To...

Ontario secures $30M state funding for housing, transit improvements along Holt Boulevard

California Construction News staff writer National CORE and the City of Ontario have been awarded $30 million in state funding for affordable housing and transportation-related...

Santa Monica opens mass timber accelerator; applications due Feb. 27

California Construction News staff writer Applications are open until Feb. 27 for Santa Monica’s Mass Timber Accelerator, a yearlong pilot program designed to help developers...

Projects and opportunities

Nibbi receives Notice to Proceed on St. Paul Terrace affordable housing project in Berkeley

California Construction News staff writer Nibbi has received Notice to Proceed on a new affordable housing community for St. Paul AME Berkeley, with Lowney Architecture...

Santa Rosa breaks ground on Hopper Avenue fire recovery corridor project

California Construction News staff writer The City of Santa Rosa broke ground April 14 on the Hopper Avenue Corridor Fire Recovery Improvements Project, beginning a...

California breaks ground on Indian Heritage Center in West Sacramento as part of $200M...

California Construction News staff writer Construction of the California Indian Heritage Center is moving ahead on a 51-acre site at the confluence of the American...